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I currently have about a dozen sets of unmounted stamps from TAC. I store these in CD cases. I also have a couple sets from CTMH and they are stored in their original envelopes. Not very creative at all, but for now I don't have a lot of unmounted to contend with.
In CD cases. They are small and way easier to set on my small stamping area to work with. I just felt like having a big, stamp laden binder on my desk would take up too much room, espeically when I scrapbook and tend to spread out while I work. Sometimes I have to use two cases for one set but they are cheap if you get them at Walmart or a discount store (we have a place called Big Lots and they are pretty cheap).
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I store the main part of my un-mounteds in CD cases. I also have 4 or 5 CTMH sets that are in envolopes.
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I store all of my stamps in CD cases and label the spine. Someday I will make an index sheet for each stamp set.
For the larger background stamps I use plastic sleeves and store several stamps in one of the larger plastic cases the stamps come in. So I can store usually 4-5 background or border stamps.
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I just went to a Rubber Stamp show a couple weeks ago and I found a really neat item. It is called Store-a-stamp. It opens up and you put your unmounteds inside and it closes securely and you then can keep them in a notebook. Kind of the same cases as SU but really flat (only as thick as it would take to put cling on back of rubber).
Carol
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I also use cd cases. When I get my new stamp sets I stamp the set on a white piece of paper and adhere it on the cover of the cd case so I know what the set looks like inside. It gets me all excited to use my new sets.
I started off keeping mine in a binder, but it got combersone quicky. Now I use CD cases and love them! They're very easy to store and take up little space on my table when I'm stamping.
I keep mine in zippered binders to keep from losing stamps, although none have come loose yet. I tried the cd cases, but the opening along the front of the spine bothered me. Someone on a different message board had a great system where she stores the stamps in binders but has a separate index by "subject" showing where the stamp is stored - so a leaf stamp could be indexed under "nature" and "autumn". I'll see if I can find that post - it would certainly work just as well for stamps stored in the cd cases.
Okay, found that other post. Reading thru it again, this would work for mounted stamps as well - it's just a neat way to keep track of what you have and where to find it!
Hey ya'll! I store mine in CD cases too! I scanned the stamp set from the catalog and printed onto a CD cover template for the cover so I can see at a glance what's in there. This whole system is SO awesome!
I store mine in binders. I just use the 1" binders so it's not very cumbersome. I have several so I can organize the stamps by theme. I use heavy-duty page protectors with chipboard inside. I found if the protector can't give a lot the stamps don't fall off. I only put the stamps on the front of the protector. I also have an index page in the protector so I know where each stamp goes, and the same index is on the facing side so when I'm going through the binder I can easily see the images.
For sets of small stamps like alphabets I use the CD cases.
For alphabets without cushion(just the red rubber), I take old cdrom cases, rip out the middle black holder...place some strips of the double sided non permanent tape on the right hand side and place the letters in alphabetical order on the strips of tape. They stay put pretty good. For small images, i do the same. I have a huge alpha that I did much the same way but purchased a plastic cover from WM that has a clip at the top to hold paper and flips open from the bottom...it is 8.5x11 inches.
For background and larger stamps, cushioned and uncushioned, i put them in baggies....not glamorous but works for now...good luck...judy
I've been storing my unmounteds in plain ol' zip lock sandwich bags.
I put the decal with the name of the set at the top of the bag and then just put the decals for the set on the bag. Unzip the bag and put the unmounted stamp set in the bag according to the decal on the front of the bag. This seems to work for me.
I'm sure this was clear as mud....will try taking a digi later.
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You all are GREAT!! I love the money saving ways we come up with, if I can make it I usually do that first. What I came up with temporarily was I have a boatload of clearsmooth sheet protectors so I slipped a piece of cardboard (I keep everything) not corragated but the other thinner kind into the protector and they DO "stick"! This will work for the time being. I also have a set in a CD case, too. But like someone said they won't all fit in those.
Now that thing that was purchased at the RS show...I'd love to know MORE about that to! Brand name, etc...
I thought you meant ones we hadn't put on the wooden blocks yet! Those I 'store' in a bag so I can take them with me to mount while I wait for appts, kids etc..;)
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Hi Kim,
I am the one that got these at a Rubber Stamp Show. If you want to PM me with your e-mail addy and I will give you the information I got from her.
Carol
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If they are unmounted with foam backing, right now I just have them in a heap pile in a cardboard box. :eek: Someday I'll get them organized. My unmounteds that are just rubber I have stored in photo album. One side I put the stamps, the other I put the images (corresponding). I have Aleens Tack It Over & Over on them so they cling really well and don't fall out.
A couple of years ago, a neighbor was having a garage sale. He had set of wooden shelves built just to hold CD cases (he's a disc jockey). I bought it for $35. I used it to store whatever I could fit on there. Wellllllll.... when I first encountered TAC stamps and discovered the joys of EZ Mount, it was a no brainer. I have these amazing shelves that hold about 900 CDs and now I can store my stamps in CD cases. I haven't got them all mounted, but when I do, I foresee shelves with current stamps and shelves with retired stamps. I always store my stamps alphabetically (same with my stamp pads)... guess after working in law offices for so many years, alphabetizing just seems logical.
I really like EZ Mount have converted a couple of friends to the system. The benefits are just too overwhelming. If anyone knows of a "cheap" source of the sheets of EZ Mount, I'd be interested. I did get a nice supply from someone on here, but I've lost track of who it was.
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Store your un mounteds on the outside of loose leaf plastic refills.
Place the copy of the stamps on the inside of the page and the unmounteds with double sided tape attached to the outside of the plastic sleeve. Hey presto you have the most useable way of storing unmounteds. No heavy cases to carry around or to get lost...everything in it's own little page.
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